getTRMM: getTRMM function

In barryrowlingson/trmm: Read TRMM Data Files

Description

A function to download 3-hourly TRMM data into a directory of your choice.

Usage

getTRMM(outdir, start = lubridate::ymd("20121231"),
  end = lubridate::ymd("20130101"), by = "days", hours = c("00", "03",
  "06", "09", "12", "15", "18", "21"), product = "3B42RT", version = 7,
  website = "ftp://trmmopen.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/merged")

Arguments

outdir	the directory in which to save files
start	start date e.g. ymd('20121231')
end	end date e.g. ymd('20130101')
by	argument passed to seq(start,end,by), the sequence of days to download data from, default is all days between start and end
hours	the hours in the day for which to download data, a character string. Default is all hours.
product	the product to download, default is '3B42RT', but other options are '3B41RT' and '3B40RT'
version	version of the data to download, default is 7, but could be either 5 or 6. Note that version 7 has the greatest temporal coverage at present
website	the website from which to do the downloading, default is 'ftp://trmmopen.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/merged'

Value

Downloads the files requested into the directory specified.

barryrowlingson/trmm documentation built on May 11, 2019, 8:31 p.m.